diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 185a35a..47ca68f 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Add script to the template from #5 and bind the ``modalForm`` to the trigger ele
     });
     </script>
 
-Async create/update with or without modal closing on submit
+Async create/update/delete with or without modal closing on submit
 ===========================================================
 
 Set ``asyncUpdate`` and ``asyncSettings`` settings to create or update objects without page redirection to ``successUrl`` and define whether a modal should close or stay opened after form submission. See comments in example below and paragraph **modalForm options** for explanation of ``asyncSettings``.
@@ -234,6 +234,10 @@ Set ``asyncUpdate`` and ``asyncSettings`` settings to create or update objects w
             <button type="button" class="update-book btn btn-sm btn-primary" data-form-url="{% url 'update_book' book.pk %}">
               <span class="fa fa-pencil"></span>
             </button>
+            <!-- Delete book buttons -->
+            <button type="button" class="delete-book-async btn btn-sm btn-danger" data-form-url="{% url 'delete_book' book.pk %}">
+              <span class="fa fa-trash"></span>
+            </button>
             ...
           </td>
         </tr>
@@ -278,6 +282,26 @@ Set ``asyncUpdate`` and ``asyncSettings`` settings to create or update objects w
               });
             }
             updateBookModalForm();
+
+            //checking for form validity on delete means submitting the delete form twice, causing an error
+            function deleteBookModalForm() {
+              $(".delete-book").each(function () {
+                $(this).modalForm({
+                  formURL: $(this).data("form-url"),
+                  asyncUpdate: true,
+                  checkValidBeforeSubmit: false,
+                  asyncSettings: {
+                    closeOnSubmit: false,
+                    successMessage: asyncSuccessMessage,
+                    dataUrl: "books/",
+                    dataElementId: "#books-table",
+                    dataKey: "table",
+                    addModalFormFunction: deleteBookModalForm
+                  }
+                });
+              });
+            }
+          deleteBookModalForm();
         
             ...
         });
@@ -338,6 +362,9 @@ errorClass
 submitBtn
   Sets the custom class for the button triggering form submission in modal. ``Default: ".submit-btn"``
 
+checkValidBeforeSubmit
+  Sets whether to check form validity before submitting (set to false for async delete). ``Default: true``
+
 asyncUpdate
   Sets asynchronous content update after form submission. ``Default: false``
 
diff --git a/bootstrap_modal_forms/static/js/jquery.bootstrap.modal.forms.js b/bootstrap_modal_forms/static/js/jquery.bootstrap.modal.forms.js
index c7cdd69..b708e6c 100644
--- a/bootstrap_modal_forms/static/js/jquery.bootstrap.modal.forms.js
+++ b/bootstrap_modal_forms/static/js/jquery.bootstrap.modal.forms.js
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@ https://github.com/trco/django-bootstrap-modal-forms
     var addEventHandlers = function (settings) {
         // submitBtn click handler
         $(settings.submitBtn).on("click", function (event) {
-            isFormValid(settings, submitForm);
+            if (settings.checkValidBeforeSubmit) {
+                isFormValid(settings, submitForm);
+            }
+            else {
+                submitForm(settings);
+            }
         });
         // Modal close handler
         $(settings.modalID).on("hidden.bs.modal", function (event) {
@@ -144,6 +149,7 @@ https://github.com/trco/django-bootstrap-modal-forms
             formURL: null,
             errorClass: ".invalid",
             submitBtn: ".submit-btn",
+            checkValidBeforeSubmit: true,
             asyncUpdate: false,
             asyncSettings: {
                 closeOnSubmit: false,
diff --git a/examples/templates/_books_table.html b/examples/templates/_books_table.html
index 2cc41b0..62d60fe 100644
--- a/examples/templates/_books_table.html
+++ b/examples/templates/_books_table.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <th class="text-center" scope="col">Publication date</th>
     <th class="text-center" scope="col">Pages</th>
     <th class="text-center" scope="col">Price (€)</th>
-    <th class="text-center" scope="col">Read / Update / Delete</th>
+    <th class="text-center" scope="col">Read / Update / Delete / Async Delete</th>
   </tr>
   </thead>
   <tbody>
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
         <button type="button" class="bs-modal delete-book btn btn-sm btn-danger" data-form-url="{% url 'delete_book' book.pk %}">
           <span class="fa fa-trash"></span>
         </button>
+        <!-- Async delete book button -->
+        <button type="button" class="delete-book-async btn btn-sm btn-danger" data-form-url="{% url 'delete_book_async' book.pk %}">
+          <span class="fa fa-trash"></span>
+        </button>
       </td>
     </tr>
   {% endfor %}
diff --git a/examples/templates/examples/delete_book_async.html b/examples/templates/examples/delete_book_async.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af7c1a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/templates/examples/delete_book_async.html
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{% load widget_tweaks %}
+
+<form method="post" action="">
+  {% csrf_token %}
+
+  <div class="modal-header">
+    <h3 class="modal-title">Delete Book</h3>
+    <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
+      <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
+    </button>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="modal-body">
+    <p class="delete-text">Are you sure you want to delete book with title
+      <strong>{{ book.title }}</strong>?</p>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="modal-footer">
+    <button type="button" id="delete-async-btn" class="submit-btn btn btn-primary">Delete</button>
+  </div>
+
+</form>
diff --git a/examples/templates/index.html b/examples/templates/index.html
index 3f3e62b..9d7699e 100644
--- a/examples/templates/index.html
+++ b/examples/templates/index.html
@@ -82,19 +82,23 @@ <h4>
             modalID: "#create-modal"
           });
 
-          var asyncSuccessMessage = [
-            "<div ",
-            "style='position:fixed;top:0;z-index:10000;width:100%;border-radius:0;' ",
-            "class='alert alert-icon alert-success alert-dismissible fade show mb-0' role='alert'>",
-            "Success: Book was updated.",
-            "<button type='button' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' aria-label='Close'>",
-            "<span aria-hidden='true'>&times;</span>",
-            "</button>",
-            "</div>",
-            "<script>",
-            "$('.alert').fadeTo(2000, 500).slideUp(500, function () {$('.alert').slideUp(500).remove();});",
-            "<\/script>"
-          ].join("");
+          function createAsyncSuccessMessage(msg) {
+            return [
+              "<div ",
+              "style='position:fixed;top:0;z-index:10000;width:100%;border-radius:0;' ",
+              "class='alert alert-icon alert-success alert-dismissible fade show mb-0' role='alert'>",
+              `${msg}`,
+              "<button type='button' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' aria-label='Close'>",
+              "<span aria-hidden='true'>&times;</span>",
+              "</button>",
+              "</div>",
+              "<script>",
+              "$('.alert').fadeTo(2000, 500).slideUp(500, function () {$('.alert').slideUp(500).remove();});",
+              "<\/script>"
+            ].join("");
+          }
+
+          var asyncUpdateMessage = createAsyncSuccessMessage("Success: Book was updated.");
 
           function updateBookModalForm() {
             $(".update-book").each(function () {
@@ -103,7 +107,7 @@ <h4>
                 asyncUpdate: true,
                 asyncSettings: {
                   closeOnSubmit: false,
-                  successMessage: asyncSuccessMessage,
+                  successMessage: asyncUpdateMessage,
                   dataUrl: "books/",
                   dataElementId: "#books-table",
                   dataKey: "table",
@@ -114,6 +118,27 @@ <h4>
           }
           updateBookModalForm();
 
+          var asyncDeleteMessage = createAsyncSuccessMessage("Success: Book was asynchronously deleted.");
+
+          function deleteBookModalForm() {
+            $(".delete-book-async").each(function () {
+              $(this).modalForm({
+                formURL: $(this).data("form-url"),
+                asyncUpdate: true,
+                checkValidBeforeSubmit: false,
+                asyncSettings: {
+                  closeOnSubmit: true,
+                  successMessage: asyncDeleteMessage,
+                  dataUrl: "books/",
+                  dataElementId: "#books-table",
+                  dataKey: "table",
+                  addModalFormFunction: deleteBookModalForm
+                }
+              });
+            });
+          }
+          deleteBookModalForm();
+
           // Read and Delete book buttons open modal with id="modal"
           // The formURL is retrieved from the data of the element
           $(".bs-modal").each(function () {
diff --git a/examples/urls.py b/examples/urls.py
index 8baa565..226685a 100644
--- a/examples/urls.py
+++ b/examples/urls.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     path('update/<int:pk>', views.BookUpdateView.as_view(), name='update_book'),
     path('read/<int:pk>', views.BookReadView.as_view(), name='read_book'),
     path('delete/<int:pk>', views.BookDeleteView.as_view(), name='delete_book'),
+    path('delete/async/<int:pk>', views.BookDeleteAsyncView.as_view(), name='delete_book_async'),
     path('books/', views.books, name='books'),
     path('signup/', views.SignUpView.as_view(), name='signup'),
     path('login/', views.CustomLoginView.as_view(), name='login'),
diff --git a/examples/views.py b/examples/views.py
index ed28746..e9f4cf8 100644
--- a/examples/views.py
+++ b/examples/views.py
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ class BookDeleteView(BSModalDeleteView):
     success_url = reverse_lazy('index')
 
 
+class BookDeleteAsyncView(BSModalDeleteView):
+    model = Book
+    template_name = 'examples/delete_book_async.html'
+    success_message = 'Success: Book was deleted.'
+    success_url = reverse_lazy('index')
+
+
 class SignUpView(BSModalCreateView):
     form_class = CustomUserCreationForm
     template_name = 'examples/signup.html'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0a7a826..06b883e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Django==2.2.13
 django-bootstrap-modal-forms==1.4.1
 django-widget-tweaks==1.4.2
-selenium==3.14.0
+geckodriver-autoinstaller==0.1.0
 pytz==2018.5
+selenium==3.14.0
+sqlparse==0.3.1
+urllib3==1.25.10
diff --git a/tests/tests_functional.py b/tests/tests_functional.py
index c866182..7c5b47c 100644
--- a/tests/tests_functional.py
+++ b/tests/tests_functional.py
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 from selenium.webdriver.support.select import Select
 
+import geckodriver_autoinstaller
+geckodriver_autoinstaller.install()  # Check if the current version of geckodriver exists
+                                     # and if it doesn't exist, download it automatically,
+                                     # then add geckodriver to path
+
 from examples.models import Book
 from .base import FunctionalTest
 
@@ -292,3 +297,41 @@ def test_delete_object(self):
         # There is no books in database anymore
         books = Book.objects.all()
         self.assertEqual(books.count(), 0)
+
+    def test_delete_async_object(self):
+        # User visits homepage
+        self.browser.get(self.live_server_url)
+
+        # User clicks Delete book button
+        self.browser.find_element_by_class_name('delete-book-async').click()
+
+        # Delete book modal opens
+        modal = self.wait_for(element_id='modal')
+
+        # User sees modal content
+        modal_body = modal.find_element_by_class_name('modal-body')
+        delete_text = modal_body.find_element_by_class_name('delete-text').text
+        self.assertEqual(
+            delete_text, 'Are you sure you want to delete book with title Life of John Doe?'
+        )
+
+        # User clicks delete button
+        delete_btn = modal.find_element_by_class_name('submit-btn')
+        delete_btn.click()
+
+        # User sees success message after page redirection
+        redirect_url = self.browser.current_url
+        self.assertRegex(redirect_url, '/')
+
+        # Slice removes '\nx' since alert is dismissible and contains 'times' button
+        success_msg = self.browser.find_element_by_class_name('alert').text[:-2]
+        self.assertEqual(success_msg, 'Success: Book was asynchronously deleted.')
+
+        # User sees an empty table
+        table_entries = self.wait_for_table_rows()
+        self.assertEqual(len(table_entries), 0)
+
+        # There is no books in database anymore
+        books = Book.objects.all()
+        self.assertEqual(books.count(), 0)
+